Milking-stool.



' N. REITER'.

MILKING STOGL. APPLICATION FILED DEG.12, 1911.

1,021,268. Patented Mar.-26,1912.

NICHOLAS REITER, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

MILKING-STOOL.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

VApplication filed December 12, 1911. Serial No. 665,324.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NiCnoLAs Ferma, a citizen of the United States, and resident oi Racine, in the ,county of Racine and StateA of W'iscoiisin, "have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milking-Stools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple, economical milking stool, its construction and arrangement being' such that it is capable of detachably holding a milk-pail at various adjustable angles and elevations.

With the above object in view the invention consists in cert-ain peculiarities of construction and combination of 'parts as hereina't'ter described with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a central lsectionalelevation of a milk-stool ,einbodying the features of my invent-ion, the section being indicated by line 1-1 of Fig. 2, there being a pail shown in connection with the stool in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a top plan' View oit the saine with parts broken away and in section; Fig. 3, an inverted plan view. partly in section, the sect-ion being indicated by line 3-B ot' Fig. 1, and Fig. 4, a detail 1modified. form ot' attaching a pail-suppoitingleg.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a scat and 2 the legs, which. legs are connected by suitable braces that forni no part ot' my invention. l`he front end of the seat is eut away to .torni a circular recess Il adapted to receive the pail body.' rlhe recess 3 is disposed forwardly oi" the front legs oil.E the stool-:1nd its sides in connection with the. seat l'oi'ni forwardly extending arnis fl, to which arms are se- 'cured ear-bracketsI provided with a se ries of horizontal and \'ertic.illy disposed apertures G 't'or the reception oi l'runuou ends 'ot a bail 8, the apertures serving as a adjusin'ient whereby the bail may be moved in or out with respect to the circular recess,or downward -to conform to pails of various. diameters.

AS best shown in Fig. 1 the bottoni tace of the seat has secured thereto a bracket 9 between ears of which is fitted a rack-le 10, the same being secured to the bracket y a bolt 9. The rack-leg is provided with a series of forwardly disposed teeth 10 as shown and is also apertured at intervals for the purpose of economy, one of the aper# tures serving as a receiver for a circular cross-brace 11, the ends et' which brace are connected to the forward legs of the stool, the said brace serving to add rigidity to the rack-leg. As best-shown in Fig. 1, by this arrangement of bail and rack-leg yit is apparent that a pail can be readily inserted between the bail and circular recess 3 and its botto-in arranged to engageany `one ofthe teeth 10 of the racleleg whereby the elevation and angle of the 'pail can be adjusted conveniently with respect to the teats ot' a. cow, the bail being at a proper milking angle and the inilkcr can be conveniently seated just rearwardly of the pail whereby perfect control ot thepail can be had, it being understood that said pail can be readily lifted from its seat when filled.

Fig. 4 represents another torni of rack leg wherein the bracket connection is dispensed with and said leg and bracket is formed in one piece. In this or the other 'toi-1n of rack-leg s'howmif desired, it may extend to the floor-level and constitute a supporting leg or the stool in connection with the two rear legs whereby the front set of legs are dispensed with.

7While l have shown and described a certain speciic arrangement ofparts for carrying out my invention it is understood that the saine may be varied as, for instance, the stool seat in sonic instancesvmav be made of pressed steel, in which case the'bracket ears could be forinedintcgral therewith.

[ claim: 1

l. A milking stool comprising a leg-sup-- ported scat having forwardly projecting arms, ears carried by the arms, a pail-sup porting bail in pivotal connection with the ears, and a vertical rack-leg disposed uncured to the seat arms, a bail having Shanks county of Racine and State of Wisconsin for engagemefnt w}ith the ezuapertulrfs, supin the presence of t-Wo Witnesss.

ort-in logs or t 1e seat, anc a rac eg dof gendingg from said seat adapted to support NICHOLAS REI FER' 5r a fnil bottom. Witnesses:

iiiestmony th at I claim the foregoing I JOSEPH KAISER, havo hereunto set mv hand at Racine in the W. J. J ANDL. 

